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(Reprinted  from  Social  Hygiene,  Vol.  I,  No.  1,  December,  1914) 


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WHAT  SHALL  WE  READ? 

'  A  question  which  inevitably  arises  in  conferences  on  social  hygiene 
is  "What  books  shall  we  recommend  to  those  who  ask  us  how  they  can 
learn  more  about  the  subject  or  what  printed  matter  they  may  wisely 
place  in  the  hands  of  others?"  The  American  Social  Hygiene  Asso- 
ciation has  been  studying  this  important  question  but  has  thus  far 
published  no  approved  lists  of  books. 

The  lack  of  any  recognized  standard  by  which  to  judge  books  deal- 
ing with  the  various  phases  of  social  hygiene  is  illustrated  by  the  fol- 
lowing tabulation  based  upon  an  analysis  of  the  published  lists  of  six 
social  hygiene  societies,  which  appointed  special  committees  on  selecting 
books  for  recommendation. 


108 


LIBRARY 


Books  appearing  on  more,  than  two  lists 


109 


HQs6 


to  O 

TITLE 

AUTHOR 

25 
*•  < 

PUBLISHER,  DATE 

MOTES 

'^  1.  From    Youth    into 

W.  S.  Hall,  M.D. 

5 

Assoc.  Press,  1909,  50^ 

6th  edition,  1913 

Manhood 

^  2.  Damaged  Goods 

Eugdne  Brieux 

4 

Brentano's,  1911,  $1.50 

Paper  edition,  1912, 25^ 
Printed  for  the  Conn. 
Social   Hygiene    So- 
ciety 

y'3.  Educational     Pam- 

4 

Society    of    Sanitary 

phlet  No.  1 

and  Moral  Prophy- 
laxis, 10^ 

4.  Educational     Pam- 

4 

do. 

phlet  No.  4 

J  5.  New  Conscience  and 

Jane  Addams 

4 

MacmiUan,  1912,  $1.00 

Popular  editions;  1914,      \ 

an  Ancient  Evil 

50^ 

6.  The  Renewal  of  Life 

Margaret  W.  Morley 

4 

McClurg,  1906,  $1.25 

,  7.  Training  the  Young 

E.  Lyttelton 

4 

Longmans,  Green,  1906, 

in  Laws  of  Sex 

$1.00 

V  8.  Social  Disease*  and 

P.  A.  Morrow,  M.D. 

4 

Lea,  1904,  $3.00 

Marriage 

9.  Vice    Commission 

4 

Reports 

,  10.  The  American  Boy 

R.  N.  WiUson,  M.D. 

3 

Winston,  1905,  $1.00 

and     the     Social 

Evil 

» 

11.  Educational     Pam- 

3 

Society    of    Sanitary , 

phlet  No.  2 

and  Moral  Prophy- 
laxis, 10)i 

tA2.  do.  No.  5 

3 

do. 

-  13.  do.  No.  6 

3 

do. 

V  14.  Education  in  Physi- 

Philip Zenner,  M.D. 

3 

Clarke,  1910,  $1.00 

Revised  edition,  Stew- 

ology   and     Hy- 

art  &  Kidd,  1913 

,         giene  of  Sex 
•^15.  Education    in    Sex 

R.  N.  Willson,  M.D. 

3 

Author,  1913 

Hygiene 

16.  Girl  and  Woman 

C.  Latimer,  M.D. 

3 

Appleton,  1910,  $1.50 

.  17.  Herself 

E.  B.  Lowry,  M.D. 

3 

Forbes,  1911,  $1.00 

Second  edition,  1913 

18.  Hygiene    and    Mo- 

Lavinia L.  Dock 

3 

Putnam's,  1910,  $1.25 

1 

rality 

19.  Three  Gifts  of  Life 

Nellie  M.  Smith 

3 

Dodd,  Mead,  1913,  50^ 

^20.  Social  Evil 

E.  R.  A.  Seligman 

3 

Putnam's,  1912,  $1.75 

v/21.  Panders  and  Their 

Clifford  B.  Roe 

3 

Revell,  1910.  $1.00 

White  Slaves 

The  titles  of  sixty-four  books  appear  on  these  six  Hsts.  No  book 
appears  six  times,  forty-three  are  mentioned  once  or  twice  only.  Of 
the  twenty-one  mentioned  more  than  twice  only  one  receives  "mention 
five  times. 

A  similar  analysis  of  the  lists  of  thirteen  other  organizations  in- 
cluding religious,  medical,  educational,  and  social  agencies  shows  one 
hundred  forty-two  books  of  which  only  twenty-five  appear  more  than 


110 


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three   times.     Arranged   in   order  of  frequency   of  appearance  these 
twenty-five  are  as  follows  •} 

Books  appearing  on  more  than  three  lists — Arranged  in  order  of  frequency 

of  appearance 


TITLE 

AUTHOR 

2 

6.  ■«! 
O  > 

6  « 

PUBLI8HKRS,  COST 
AND    DATE 

NOTES 

V  1 .  Sex  Instruction  as  a 

Maurice  A.  Bigelow 

9 

Amer.  Social  Hygiene 

Phase    of    Social 

Association,  1913 

Education 

"  2.  Girl  and  Woman 

Caroline  Latimer,  M.D. 

8 

Appleton,  1910,  $1.50 

V  3.  Health  and  Hygiene 

Educational     P  a  m- 

6 

Society    of    Sanitary 

of  Sex 

phlet  No.  6 

and  Moral  Prophy- 
laxis, lOjS 

k4.  How  My  Uncle  the 

Educational     P  a  m- 

6 

do. 

Doctor  Instructed 

phlet  No.  5 

Me  in  Matters  of 

Sex 

^^5.  The  Four  Epochs  of 

Anna  Galbraith,  M.D. 

6 

Saunders,  1907,  $1.50 

Reprinted  1913 

Woman's  Life 

»,.  6.  From    Youth    into 

W.  S.  Hall,  M.D. 

5 

Association  press,  1909, 

6th  edition,  1913 

Manhood 

50>S 

^.  Training  the  Young 

E.  Lyttelton 

5 

Longmans,    Green, 

in  Laws  of  Sex 

1906,$1.00 

'  8.  Life  and  Love 

Margaret  W.  Morley 

5 

McClurg,  1906,  $1.25 

v'B.  Education  with  Ref- 

Charles R.  Henderson 

6 

University     of     Chi- 

8th   Yearbook   of   the 

erence  to  Sex 

cago,  1909,  $1.50 

National  Society  for 
the  Scientific  Study 
of  Education 

f'lO.  New     Conscience 

Jane  Addams 

5 

Macmillan,  1912,  $1.00 

Popular  edition,  1914, 

and    an    Ancient 

60^ 

Evil 

v'll.  American  Boy  and 

R.  N.  Willson,  M.D. 

5 

Winston,  1905,  $1.00 

the  Social  Evil 

A2.  How  Shall  T  tell  My 

Woodallen-Chapman 

4 

Revell,  1912,  25^ 

Edward  Bok  Series 

Child 

^  13.  The  Boy  Problem 

Educational     P  a  m- 
phlet  No.  4 

4 

Society    of    Sanitary 
and  Moral  Prophy- 
laxis, 10>i 

'   14.  Reproduction     and 

W.  S.  Hall,  M.D. 

4 

Wynnewood  Publish- 

10th edition,  1910 

Sexual  Hygiene 

ing  Co.,  c  1907,  $1.00. 

"^  15.  Instead  of  Wild  Oats 

W.  S.  Hall,  M.D. 

4 

Revell,  1912,  25t 

Edward  Bok  Series 

Vl6.  What    a    Young 

Mary  Woodallen 

4 

Vir    Publishing    Co., 

New    revised    edition. 

Woman  Ought  to 

c  1899,  $1.00 

c  1905,  Self  and  Sex 

Know 

Series 

*n.  Ideal  Married  Life 

Mary  Woodallen 

4 

Revell,  1901,  $1.25 

V-18.  Education    in    Sex- 

Philip Zenner,  M.D. 

4 

Stewart  &  Kidd,  1913, 

Revised  edition 

ual       Physiology 

$1.00 

and  Hygiene 

V  19.  Instruction    in    the 

Helen     C.     Putnam, 

4 

Heath,  1907 

Reprinted  from  Boston 

Hygiene    and 

M.D. 

Medical  and  Surgical 

Physiology  of  Sex 

Journal,  Jan.  31,  1907 

^We  are  indebted  to  Miss  Olive  Crosby,  office  secretary,  Society  of  Sanitary 
and    Moral  Prophylaxis  for  the  compilation  from    which  this    tabulation    has 


LIBRARY 


111 


Books  appearing  on  more  than  three  lists — continued 


TITLE 

AUTHOR 

01 

Si  < 
0  > 
.  0 

0  P5 

^£ 

PUBLISHERS,  COST 
AND  DATE 

NOTES 

♦^0.  What  a  Young  Girl 

Ought  to  Know 
/2I.  Four  Epochs  of  Life 

^  22.  Leaflets  of  the  Chi- 
cago Social  Hy- 
giene Society     . 

v^3.  Song  of  Life 

4,24.  Confidences 

k-^5.  Physiological  Func- 
tions of  Menstru- 
ation 

Mary  Woodallen 
E.  H.  Muncie,  M.D. 

Margaret  W.  Morley 
E.  B.  Lowry,  M.D. 
J.  R.  Goffe,  M.D. 

4 
4 
4 

4 
4 
4 

Vir  Publishing  Co., 
c  1897,  $1.00 

Brooklyn,  Author, 
c  1910,  S1.50 

Chicago  Social  Hy- 
giene Society 

McClurg,  1902,  S1.25 
Forbes,  1913,  50^ 

Revised  edition  1905 

9th  edition,  n.  d. 

Leaflets  distributed  on 
request 

A  third  study  has  recently  been  made  as  follows.  A  list  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  books  suggested  by  representatives  of  several  national  organiza- 
tions and  by  individuals  qualified  to  judge  their  value  was  arranged 
alphabetically  by  author.  Fourteen  persons  interested  in  social  hy- 
giene work  met  for  conference  using  this  list  as  a  basis  for  discussion. 
Each  of  the  fourteen  was  well  acquainted  with  the  general  literature 
of  the  subject,  but  of  course  had  not  read  all  of  the  one  hundred  and 
fifty  books  considered.  Necessarily  some  of  the  books  had  the  advan- 
tage of  having  been  widely  advertised  and  distributed  or  of  having 
been  on  the  market  for  several  years.  The  following  problem  was 
outlined : 

There  are  in  the  United  States  approximately  twenty-five  hundred 
public  libraries  equipped  with  more  than  five  thousand  volumes.  Sup- 
pose these  libraries  have  each  the  open-shelf  plan  of  permitting  men, 
women,  and  children  to  have  access  to  the  shelves  for  selection  of 
books,  and  have  each  a  limited  staff  of  employees,  what  decision  should 
be  made  relative  to  the  purchase  and  use  of  these  one  hundred  and 
fifty  books? 

Four  questions  were  asked : 

1.  Which  books  should  be  approved  for  the  open  shelves? 

2.  Which  books  should  be  approved  for  use  under  the  librarians' 
supervision? 

3.  Which  books  should  be  recommended  for  reading  by  parents? 

4.  Which  books  should  be  disapproved  as  not  desirable  for  use  in  a 
library  of  this  type? 

Each  member  of  the  conference  without  discussion  prepared  a  list 
based  upon  his  knowledge  of  the  books  under  consideration.     Only 


112 


SOCIAL    HYGIENE 


one   book — "Three   Gifts   of   Life"   received   fourteen   votes. 
received  ten  or  more.     These  were: 


Seven 


TITLE 

AUTHOR 

NO.  OP 
APPROVALS 

PUBLISHER 

/  1.  Spirit  of  Youth  and  the 

Jane  Addams 

13 

Macmillan 

City  Streets 

/2.  New    Conscience   and    an 

Jane  Addams 

12 

Macmillan 

Ancient  Evil 

\/  3.  Consecration    of    the    Af-     Richard  Cabot,  M.D. 

11 

National  Y.  W.  C.  A. 

fections 

»^4.  Training  of  the  Young  in     E.  Lyttelton 

11 

Longmans,  Green 

Laws  of  Sex 

^  5.  Eugenics                                    C.  B.  Davenport 

10 

Holt 

*"  6.  Essays  in  Eugenics                  Francis  Galton 

10 

Eugenics  Education  Society 

*-  7.  Sex  Education                        j  Ira  S.  Wile,  M.D. 

10 

Duffield 

It  should  be  understood  that  the  above  seven  books  received  their 
ten  or  more  votes  of  approval  for  open  shelves.  If  to  these  votes  for 
open  shelves,  the  votes  given  to  books  for  parents  be  added,  the  list  is 
augmented  by  two,  as  follows : 


TITLE 

AUTHOR 

NO.  OF 
APPROVALS 

PUBLISHER 

t'  1.  Sex  Instruction 

/  2.  Plant  and  Animal  Children 

M.  A.  Bigelow 
EllenTorelle 

9  +  3 
9  +  1 

American     Social      Hygiene 

Association 
Heath 

If,  further,  the  votes  cast  for  supervised  books  be  considered  six  more 
are  added: 


TITLE 

AUTHOR 

NO    OF 
APPROVALS 

PUBLISHER 

\/\.  Report    on     Matter    and 

T.  M.  Balliet,  M.  A 

Bige-    8  +  1+3 

American      Social    Hygiene 

Methods  of  Sex  Educa- 

low, p.  A.  Morrow, 

M.D. 

Association 

tion 

**^2.  Marriage     and     the     Sex 

Problem 

Foerster 

7+1+4 

Stokes 

v3.  Kallikak  Family 

H.  H.  Goddard 

9  +  1 

Macmillan 

«'4.  Youth 

G.  S.  Hall 

9  +  1 

Appleton 

v'S.  Education  with  Reference 

to  Sex 

C.  R.  Henderson 

7  +  3 

University  of  Chicago 

^  6.  Love  and  Marriage 

Ellen  Key 

7  +  3 

Putnam's 

LIBRARY 


113 


1.    Approved  for  Open  Shelves.    Received  Six  Votes  or  Over 


PUBLISBEB 

AUTHOR 

TITLE 

DATE 

NOTES 

Addams,  Jane 

New  Conscience  and 
An  Ancient  Evil 

Macmillan,  1912,  $1.00 

Addams,  Jane                           ^ 

Spirit  of  Youth  and 
the  City  Streets 

Macmillan,  1909,  60^ 

T.  M.  Balliet,  M.  A.  Bigelow  > 

'^Report  on  Matter  and 

American   Social  Hy- 

and P.  A.  Morrow 

Methods  of  Sex  Ed- 
ucation 

giene  Association 

Bigelow,  Maurice  A.                 ■> 

Sex  Instruction  as  a 

Reprint  by  the  Amer- 

Phase of  Social  Ed- 

ican Social  Hygiene 

ucation  (Relig.  Ed. 

Association 

Apr.,  1913) 

Burbank,  Luther                      \ 

Training  of  the  Hu- 
man Plant 

Century,  1909,  60^ 

Cabot,  Richard  C.                    ^ 

Consecration    of    the 
Affections 

Y.  W.  C.  A.,  1913.  50^ 

2d  edition.  1914 

Chapmen,  Rose  Woodallen      . 

How  Shall  I  Tell  My 
Child 

Revell,  1912,  25^ 

Edward  Bok  Series 

Cocks,  Orrin  G.                         ' 

■^n^gsnaent  and  S^ab 
nage 

Assoc.  Press,  1913,  60f! 

Sex  Education  Series 

Davenport,  Charles  B. 

^^ugenics 

Holt,  1910,  60^ 

Dodge,  Grace  H. 

A  Bundle  of  Letters 

Funk,  Wagnall8,c  1887, 

to  Busy  Girls 

m 

Ellis,  Havelock 

.'Task   of    Social    Hy- 

Houghton,       Mifflin, 

Second  edition,  1014 

giene 

1912,  $2.50 

Exner,  M.  J.                               « 

''Physician's  Answer 

Assoc.  Press,  1913,  15^ 

Foerster,  F.  W.                          ^ 

•'Marriage  and  the  Sex 
Problem 

Stokes,  n.  d.  $1.35 

Galton,  Francis                        j^ 

'  Essays  in  Eugenics 

Eugenics     Education 
Society 

Goddard,  H.  H.                     v 

■"Kallikak  Family 

Macmillan 

Hall,  W.  S.                               » 

From      Youth      into 
Manhood 

Assoc.  Press,  1909,  50(i 

Hall,  W.  S.                                t 

f^  Life's  Problems 

American  Medical  As- 
sociation, c 1913,  10^ 

Hall,  G.  S.                                . 

Youth 

Appleton,  1909,  $1.50 

Hamilton,  Cosmo 

-Tlea      for      Younger 
Generation 

Doran,  c  1913,  75^ 

Hamilton,  Cosmo                      ' 

blindness  of  Virtue 

Doran,c  1913,  $1.00 

Henderson,  Charles  R.           ^ 

Education  with  Ref- 

University    of     Chi- 

erence to  Sex 

cago,  1909,  $1.50 

Jordan,  David  Starr                 .' 

Heredity  of  Richard 

American     Unitarian 

Roe 

Association,       1911, 
$1.20 

Key,  Ellen                                v 

Century  of  the  Child 

Putnam's,  $1.50 

Key,  Ellen                                „ 

Love  and  Marriage 

Putnam's,  1911.  $1.50 

Lyttelton,  E.                              v 

Training  of  the  Young 

Longmans,  Green,  1906 

in  Laws  of  Sex 

$1.00 

Saleeby,  C.  W.                        ^ 

Parenthood  and  Race 

Moffat,     Yard,    1909, 

Culture 

$2.50 

Saleeby,  C.  W.                         v 

Woman  and  Woman- 
hood 

Kennerley,  1911,  $2.50 

Smith,  Nellie  M.                     v 

^hree  Gifts  of  Life 

Dodd,  Mead,  1913,  50,f 

Thompson  &  Geddes 

Problems  of  Sex 

Moffat,  Yard,  1912,  50(i 

114 


SOCIAL    HYGIENE 


1.    Approved  for  Open  Shelves — continued 


A0THOB 

TITLE 

PUBLISHER 
DATE 

NOTES 

Torelle,  Ellen 

i-i^lant     and     Animal 
Children 

Heath,  c  1912,  50)i 

Wile,  Ira  S. 

,  Sex  Education 

Duffield,  1912,  $1.00 

Zenner,  Philip 

Education   in   Sexual 

Stewart,    Kidd,   1913, 

Physiology       and 

$1.00 

Hygiene 

e. 

Approved  for  use  Under  Supervision 

Flexner,  Abraham                    ' 

Prostitution    in    Eu- 
rope 

Century,  1914,  $1.30 

Kneeland,  George  J.               \ 

,  Commercialized  Pros- 
titution     in      New 
York  City 

Century,  1913,  $1.30 

Morrow,  Prince  A.                    »- 

Social    Diseases    and 
Marriage 

Lea,  1904,  $3.00 

Report  of                                  L- 

Health  Education 
League   of    Boston  . 
Session  on  Sex  Hy- 
Hygiene 

Report  of                                 w. 

'Committee  of  14;  N. 
Y.,  1912 

Kellogg  Co.,  1910 

Report  of                                -^ 

'Minneapolis  Vice 
Commission 

1911,  40^ 

Report  of 

-Chicago    Vice    Com- 
mission 

1911,  50ji 

Report  of                                ^ 

Elmira  Vice  Commis- 
mission 

1913 

Report  of                                " 

Hartford    Vice    Com- 
mission 

1913 

Report  of 

Lancaster  Vice  Com- 
mission 

1914 

Report  of 

Philadelphia    Vice 
Commission 

1913,  40ji 

Report  of                                 '"' 

Pittsburgh  Vice  Com- 
mission 

1913 

Report  of 

Syracuse    Vice    Com- 
mission 

1913,  40^ 

U.  S.   Report                            "^ 

O  n      Condition     o  f 
Woman    and  Child 
Wage-earners  in  the 
U.    S.,    Vol.     XV: 
Relation       between 
Occupation      and 
Criminality  of  Wo- 

men 

1911 

S. 

Recommended  for  Use  of  Parents 

PUBIISHEB 

AUTHOR 

TITLE 

DATE 

NOTES 

Addams,  Jane 

"TJew  Conscience  and 
an  Ancient  Evil 

Macmillan,  1912 

Balliet,  T.  M.,  Bigelow,  M.  A. 

'Heport  on  Matter  and 

American   Social  Hy- 

and Morrow,  P.  A. 

Methods  of  Sex  Ed- 
ucation 

giene  Association 

LIBRARY 


115 


3.    Recommended  for  Use 

of  Parents — continued 

]                   PUBLISHER 

AtlTHOR 

TITLE 

1                           DATE 

NOTES 

Bigelow,  Maurice  A.                * 

Sex  Instruction  as  a 

American   Social  Hy- 

Phase of  Social  Ed- 

giene Association 

ucation 

Brieux,  Eugene 

'^hree  Plays 

Brentano's,  1911,  $1.50 

Burr,  H.  M.                               «, 

^Adolescent  Boyhood 

Seminar    Pub.,    1910, 
$1.00 

Castle,  W.  E.                             v 

'heredity 

Appleton,  1911,  $1.50 

Second  edition,  1913 

Cocks,  Orrin  G.                        v 

'Engagement  and  Mar- 
riage 

Assoc.  Press,  1913,  50)i 

Galloway,  T.  H. 

Biology  of  Sex 

Heath,  c  1913,  75^ 

Hall,  W.  S. 

-Instead  of  Wild  Oats 

Revell,  1912,  25»i 

Hall,  W.  S.                            .     V 

'  From      Youth      into 
Manhood 

Assoc.  Press,  1909,  50fi 

Hall,  W.  S.            '                    * 

'Physician's     Message 
to  his  Son 

Hall,  W.  S.                               V 

John's  Vacation 

American  Medical  As- 
sociation, 10^ 

Hall,  W.  S. 

*3S,eproduction        and 

Wynnewood   Pub., 

12th  edition 

Sexual  Hygiene 

1911,  $1.00 

Hall,  W.  S.                              ^ 

'Sexual  Knowledge 

International       Bible 
House,  1913,  $1.00 

Hall,  W.  S. 

-doctor's  Daughter 

American  Medical  As- 
sociation, 10)i 

Hall,  W.  S. 

X^lhums 

American  Medical  As- 
sociation, lOji 

Hall,  W.  S. 

i<-t)eveloping  into  Man- 
hood 

Hall,  W.  S. 

'i/ife'a  Problems 

American  Medical  As- 
sociation, lOfS 

Hamilton,  Cosmo                    ^ 

Plea  for  Younger  Gen- 
eration 

Doran,  1913,  75^ 

Hamilton,  Cosmo                      ' 

Blindness  of  Virtue 

Doran,  1913,  $1.00 

Henderson,  C.  R. 

■^Education  with  Ref- 

University    of     Chi- 

erence to  Sex 

cago,  1909,  $1.50 

King,  H. 

'llow  to  Make  a  Ra- 
tional     Fight      for 
Character 

Assoc.  Press,  1913,  25^ 

Lyttelton,  E.                              i. 

Training  of  the  Young 

Longmans,     G  r  e  e'n, 

in  Laws  of  Sex 

1906,  $1.00 

Morley,  Margaret  W. 

'Song  of  Life 

McClurg,  1902,  $1.25 

Morley,  Margaret  W.               > 

Life  and  Love 

McClurg,  1905,  $1.25 

5th  edition 

Morley,  Margaret  W. 

Renewal  of  Life 

McClurg,  1909,  $1.25 

2d  edition 

Morley,  Margaret  W. 

,^ark  of  Life 

Revell,  1913,  25^ 

Edward  Bok  Series 

Morrow,  Prince  A.                      | 

JBocial    Diseases    and 
Marriage 

Lea,  1904,  $3.00 

N.  J.  Mrs.                                    ( 

/Row  We  are  Born 

Daniel,  1906,  50^ 

Sanger,  M.  H. 

^hat  Every  Girl 

Sentinel  Printing  Co., 

Should  Know 

2bt 

Wood,  Th.  D.                           I 

Education  for  Better 

American  Academy  of 

Parenthood 

Medicine,  1912,  IH 

Zenner,  Philip                           , 

"lEducation  in   Sexual 

Stewart,   Kidd,    1913, 

Physiology  and  Hy- 

$1.00 

giene 

116  SOCIAL    HYGIENE 

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Received  three  or  more  votes  of  disapproval 


AtTTHOK 

TITLE 

PUBLISHER 
DATE 

NOTES 

Bloch,  Iwan                              « 

'Sexual    Life    of    Our 
Time 

Rebman,  1913,  $5.00 

Carpenter,  Edward                   , 

Love's  Coming  of  Age 

Kennerley,  1911,  fl.OO 

Ellis,  Havelock 

,Studies   in   the   Psy- 

Davis, 1906,  $13.50 

Volumes     sold     sepa- 

chology   of    Sex,    6 

rately 

volumes 

Forel,  August 

/The  Sexual  Question 

Rebman,  c  1908,  $5.00 

Kauffman,  R.  W. 

'The  House  of  Bond- 

Moffat,   Yard,     1911, 

age 

81.35 

Lowry,  E.  B.                             v 

Himself 

Forbes,  1913,  $1.00 

Lowry,  E.  B.                               \ 

/Confidences 

Forbes,  1913,  50)i 

Lydston,  G.  Frank 

^Sex  Hygiene  for  the 
Male 

Riverton  Press,  1912, 

$2.25 

Stall,  Sylvanus                         ► 

What  a   Young  Man 
Ought  to  Know 

Vir  Pub.,  C1904,  $1.00 

Stall,  Sylvanus                        x> 

What   a   Young   Boy 
Ought  to  Know 

Vir  Pub.,  1897.  $1.00 

Willson,  Robert  N.                   u 

^Education   of    the 

R.  N.  Willson,   1913, 

Young  in  Sex  Hy- 

$2.00 

giene 

Willson,  Robert  N.                  [^ 

''If  I  were  a  Girl 

Pamphlet     obtainable 
from  author 

Willson,  Robert  N.                   i^ 

American    Boy    and 
Social  Evil 

Winston,  1905,  $1.00 

Wood-Allen                                »■ 

•Almost  a  Man 

Crist,  c  1907,  50ji 

Wood-Allen 

^Almost  a  Woman 

Crist,  c  1907,  50»S 

Wood-Allen 

-What  a   Young   Girl 
Ought  to  Know 

Vir  Pub.,  c  1905,  $1.00 

Wood-Allen 

'  What  a  Young  Woman 
Ought  to  Know 

Vir  Pub.,  c  1905,  $1.00 

This  disapproval  is  based  on  one  of  two  standpoints;  one,  that  the  book, 
though  of  value  to  physicians  or  specially  trained  persons,  is  not  fitted  for  the 
general  public;  two;  that  the  book  does  not  in  itself  merit  recommendation. 

A  combination  of  the  results  of  these  three  studies  gives  the  fol- 
lowing: 

/.    Books  Appearing  in  all  Three  Studies 
Arranged  alphabetically  by  author 


AUTHOB 

TITLE 

PUBLISHER,  DATE 

NOTES 

1 .  Addams,  Jane 

New  Conscience  and 
an  Ancient  Evil 

Macmillan,  1912 

2.  Hall,  W.  S. 

From      Youth      into 
Manhood 

Association  Press,  1913 

3.  Lyttelton,  E. 

Training  of  the  Young 
in  Laws  of  Sex 

Longmans,  Green,  1906 

4    Zenner,  Philip                     • 

Education   in   Sexual 
Physiology  and  Hy- 
giene 

Stewart,  Kidd,  1913 

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II.    Books  Appearing  in  two  of  these  Studies 


1.  Bigelow,  Maurice  A. 

2.  Chapman,  Rose  W. 

3.  Henderson,  Charles  R. 

4.  Smith,  Nellie  M. 

5.  Morrow,  Prince  A. 

6.  Hall,  W.  S. 

7.  Hall,  W.  S. 

8.  Morley,  Margaret  W. 

9.  Morley,  Margaret  W. 

10.  Morley,  Margaret  W. 

11.  Educational    Pa m phi 

No.  4 


*f  Sex  Instruction  as  a 
Phase  of  Social  Ed- 
ucation 
How  Shall  I  Tell  My 
Child 
J^ducation  with  Ref- 
erence to  Sex 
i/Three  Gifts  of  Life 
t.  Social    Diseases    and 

Marriage 
•Kinstead  of  Wild  Oats 
Reproduction      and 
Sexual  Hygiene 
-''Song  of  Life 
•"KLife  and  Love 
Renewal  of  Life 
et  j'  The  Boy  Problem 


12.  Educational    Pamphlets 
No.  5 


13.  Educational    Pamphlet 
No.  6 


tt,/k. 


How  My  Uncle,  the 
Doctor,  Instructed 
me  in  Matters  of 
Sex 

ealth  and  the  Hy- 
giene of  Sex 


Amer.  Social  Hygiene 
Association 


Revell,  1912 


Chi- 


University     of 

cago, 1909 
Dodd,  Mead,  1913 
Lea,  1904 

Revell,  1912 
Wynnewood,  1911 

McClurg,  1902 

McClurg,  1905 

McClurg,  1909 

The  Society  of  Sani- 
tary and  Moral 
Prophylaxis 

The  Society  of  Sani- 
tary and  Moral 
Prophylaxis 

The  Society  of  Sani- 
tary and  Moral 
Prophylaxis. 


The  fact  that  only  fourteen  out  of  approximately  two  hundred  books 
and  pamphlets  on  social  hygiene  can  be  said  to  represent  in  any  degree 
the  consensus  of  opinion  of  the  large  number  of  persons  concerned  in 
selecting  these  approved  lists  is  evidence  of  the  need  for  frequent  con- 
ferences and  persistent  effort  toward  standardizing  the  literature  of  the 
subject.  Following  is  a  brief  description  or  classification  of  the  con- 
tents of  the  seventeen  books  selected  by  the  above  methods  of  tabu- 
lation : 

\/  \.  A  New  Conscience  and  an  Ancient  Evil.  This  book  of  219  pages, 
by  Jane  Addams,  of  Hull  House,  Chicago,  is  based  largely  upon  reports 
of  the  field  officers  of  the  Chicago  Juvenile  Protective  Association, 
and  presents  the  author's  views  upon  the  factors  favoring  commer- 
cialized vice  and  the  recruiting  of  victims  for  its  immoral  practices. 
The  forces  to  be  organized  against  these  factors  are  discussed  as  indi- 
cated in  the  closing  paragraph  of  the  preface  which  reads,  "I  therefore 
venture  to  hope  that  in  serving  my  own  need  I  may  also  serve  the  need 
of  a  rapidly  growing  public  when  I  set  down  for  rational  consideration 
the  temptations  surrounding  multitudes  of  young  people  and  when  I 
assemble,  as  best  I  may,  the  many  indications  of  a  new  conscience, 
which  in  various  directions  is  slowly  gathering  strength  and  which  we 


118  SOCIAL    HYGIENE 

may  soberly  hope  will  at  last  successfully  array  itself  against  this  in- 
credible social  wrong,  ancient  though  it  may  be." 

2.  From  Youth  into  Manhood.  This  is  a  book  of  106  pages  written 
by  Dr.  Winfield  S.  Hall,  Professor  of  Physiology,  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity Medical  School,  Chicago.  The  following  extracts  from  the 
introduction  by  Dr.  George  J.  Fisher  of  the  International  Committee  of 
Young  Men's  Christian  Associations  outline  its  contents.  "There  has 
been  demanded  for  some  time  in  addition  to  literature  for  young  men 
and  older  boys,  a  book  that  can  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  preadolescent 

and  early  adolescent  boys  of  about  the  ages  eleven  to  fifteen 

I  believe  this  book  meets  a  great  need.  Beginning  with  the  romantic 
story  of  Ab  it  immediately  secures  the  attention  of  the  boy,  then  leads 
him  gradually  into  the  more  technical  description  of  his  sex  organs, 
then  relates  the  subject  to  himself  through  the  interesting  story  of  the 
colts  Morgan  and  Jack,  dealing  with  him  sympathetically  throughout; 
and  without  any  morbid  suggestion  whatever,  it  finally,  through  simple 
hygienic  suggestions  shows  the  boy  how  to  secure  a  healthy  body  and  a 
pure  mind." 

3.  Training  of  the  Young  in  Laws  of  Sex.  This  is  a  book  of  117 
pages  dedicated  to  parents  by  the  author.  Rev.  The  Honorable  E. 
Lyttelton,  Head  Master  of  Eaton  College.  The  preface  contains  these 
statements,  "The  scope  of  this  essay  has  been  carefully  narrowed  to 
two  divisions  of  one  subject:  The  disastrous  results  which  follow  from 
neglect  of  home  teaching  about  life  and  birth;  and  the  way  in  which 
such  teaching  may  be  given.  What  parents  are  anxiously  seeking  is  a 
simple  answer  to  these  questions:  Since  our  children  are  exposed  to  the 
risk  of  gathering  vicious  ideas  about  life  and  birth,  ought  we  not  our- 
selves to  forestall  the  danger  by  giving  wholesome  teaching?  And, 
if  so,  how  is  this  to  be  done?  This  essay  treats  of  these  two  questions 
in  order." 

4.  Education  in  Sexual  Physiology  and  'Hygiene.  This  book  of  126 
pages  is  written  by  Dr.  Philip  Zenner,  Professor  of  Neurology  in  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Cincinnati.  The  author 
says:  "This  book  is  intended  as  a  message  from  a  physician  to  the  people. 
Its  purpose  is  the  prevention  of  disease.  The  means  of  prevention  are 
modes  of  instruction  that  tend  to  make  a  pure  mind,  and  the  impart- 
ing of  knowledge  that  helps  to  safeguard  the  individual 

The  first  three  chapters  of  the  book  give  talks  of  the  author  to  school 
children  and  college  boys.     They  are  given  as  illustrations  of  what  has 


LIBRARY  119 

been  and  can  be  done Farther  on     ...     .     are  dis- 
cussed other  and  better  modes  of  instruction." 
The  remaining  thirteen  books  may  be  grouped  as  follows : 

1.  For  mature  men  and  women  who  are  studying  the  problem. 

(a)  The  Educational  Problems. 

Bigelow,  Sex  Instruction  as  a  Phase  of  Social 

Education. 
Henderson,  Education  with  Reference  to  Sex. 

(b)  The  Medical  Problems  of  Social  Hygiene. 
Morrow,  Social  Diseases  and  Marriage. 
Educational  Pam- 
phlet No.  6,  Health  and  the  Hygiene  of  Sex. 

2.  For  Parents. 

(a)  Practical  Suggestions. 

Chapman,  How  Shall  I  Tell  My  Child. 

Hall,  Instead  of  "Wild  Oats. 

Educational  Pam- 
phlet No.  4,  The  Boy  Problem. 

Educational  Pam-       How    My    Uncle,    the    Doctor,    In- 
phlet  No.  5,  structed  Me  in  Matters  of  Sex. 

(b)  Biological  Stories  of  Reproduction  and  Sex.^ 
Morley,  The  Song  of  Life. 
Morley,  Life  and  Love. 
Morley,  The  Renewal  of  Life. 

3.  For  Young  Men  and  Young  Women. 

(a)  Written  for  Young  Men. 

Hall,  Reproduction  and  Sexual  Hygiene. 

(b)  Written  for  Young  Women. 

Smith,  Three  Gifts  of  Life. 

However  widely  individual  judgments  of  the  value  of  these  books 
may  vary  all  must  agree  that  the  committees  selecting  them  endeavored 
to  provide  (1)  general  information  for  the  adult  public,  (2)  aids  for  par- 
ents in  instructing  their  children,  (3)  reading  for  young  men  and  young 
women  whose  parents  have  failed  to  give  them  needed  instruction,  (4) 
detailed  educational  and  medical  knowledge  for  those  persons  especially 
interested. 

2  To  some  extent  each  of  these  books  includes  and  elaborates  the  preceding 
one,  although  the  texts  and  illustrations  are  different. 


120  SOCIAL    HYGIENE 

It  would  be  unfair  to  the  organizations  whose  Hsts  have  been  used  in 
the  preparation  of  this  study,  and  equally  unfair  to  the  authors  who  have 
published  books  not  taken  into  account,  not  to  emphasize  the  fact  that 
many  excellent  books  upon  every  phase  of  social  hygiene  have  been  pub- 
lished in  the  past  year  or  two  and  are  undoubtedly  being  recommended 
through  correspondence.  The  fact  remains  however  that  the  printed 
lists  continue  practically  as  originally  adopted. 

In  succeeding  numbers  of  Social  Hygiene  these  studies  of  social 
hygiene  literature  will  be  continued. 


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